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So they don’t go to prison for a patient having a miscarriage. I assume that’s sarcasm, or are people really that naive?

Bolivia has a crawling peg to the U.S. dollar. Their monetary policy quite different than Argentina’s. It’s understandable that their FX market to not have the same trends as Argentina

also, if other doctors can’t refer to OB-GYNs and have patients dying as a result, they will be incentivized to leave as well. Pull a thread out and the whole sweater will start to unravel.

Got a source for that? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/abortion-obstetricians-maternity-care.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.idahoednews.org/news/nea-idaho-ranks-last-in-per-pupil-spending-again/

I would not move to Idaho. Healthcare in rural conservative states is generally is not so great. Doctors are fleeing Idaho in particular because of draconian anti-abortion laws. Schools in rural conservative states are generally poor quality. Somewhere like Massachusetts or Washington state...

For the number of places you can bring a laptop to, one might as well just buy a desktop computer and have a bigger monitor and better keyboard. You’re best off just keeping computers at home all the time.

The patriot act requires a physical address, not just a mailing address. One of the best options I’ve seen is South Dakota gives residence to anyone in the state for 24 hours if also using a mail forwarder in the state. The hotel you stay at counts as a physical address, then mailing address is...

So is it impossible to buy tests?

Inflation is determined by monetary policy and fiscal policy, wage growth, as well as economically illiterate (Argentine govt) things like price controls. Banknote denominations make zero difference, except maybe the nice leather wallets for sale in argentina can be actually be used rather than...

Bring on the GMO mosquitos. Any abatement by the government is more cost effective/cheaper than dengue cases flooding public hospitals while mosquito populations go unabated. https://www.wired.com/story/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-population/

I thought Vietnam one of those places it’s so cheap that you never really need a more established legal status than a tourist visa, and flights to neighboring countries are dirt cheap when you need to renew.

Not all, but many of these types of expats hangout together anyway. It seems if that’s their social scene, local culture is irrelevant. I would advise anyone that wants predictably cheap to not put Argentina at the top of the list. If you like hot and humid then South East Asia. Milder...

Do people just live in BA because it’s cheap? A more expensive COL doesn’t warrant fleeing a wonderful city.

Just live in Paraguay instead.

The internet WiFi that came with the current temporary rental is awful. About 1.5 mbps. I like the place aside from the internet. How can I get faster internet?(Aside from asking the people I’m renting from) Personal WiFi Zone pops up as a network to choose from, so I was also wondering if that...

India has so much in the way of becoming a superpower. Roughly half of the country makes a living through agriculture. In the US it’s less than 2%.

Ask hostels

Data sent through fiber optic cables is always faster and more reliable than any satellite will ever be. There should just be more investment in laying fiber optic cables around the country, and more intercontinental submarine cables. Currently there’s none to Europe. Also as many as possible to...

FedEx/DHL is the customs broker. You should contact them. Go into a branch office so you don’t get sent on a wild goose chase over the phone.

Ask neighbors? Having them riding along to the appt with you would be the most efficient/convenient. Buy them dinner as a thank you